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The fundraising Force was strong in Basingstoke's Festival Place at the weekend as nearly £1,300 was raised for Ark Cancer Centre Charity at a special Star Wars event.
Generous visitors to Festival Place put donations in collection buckets in exchange for having a photo taken with Stormtroopers and other characters from the popular UK Garrison.

The annual event for local artists was held at Hampshire Court Hotel. Supporting a number of local charities, we were delighted to have been nominated for a donation which was doubled by findmeagrant. Thank you to everyone who organised the weekend or who took part.

Aldworth School was the place to be for a 50-year student reunion evening. Organised by a group of ex-pupils with over 400 past pupils reunited during the evening, the event raised over £1200 for the Charity.

Carolyn and Mandy Gifford very kindly held a well-attended coffee morning and cake sale in Cliddesden Village Hall on 8th April 2013. Lots of locals turned out to enjoy the home-baked cakes provided by the community.

Thank you to everyone who has helped raise money by holding a coffee morning. Please let us know if you have plans to and we can help promote it for you.

Ark Cancer Centre Charity was delighted to have been chosen to receive some of the funds raised at the Sherfield-on-Loddon annual fete on Saturday 8th June 2013. Merv Rees was invited to open the event, so after being a part of the grand opening parade, he welcomed everyone to the event before taking a look round many of the stalls. The charity also had an information point at the fete and we thank everyone involved.